1920: Volleyball invitation in Tacoma
An overly enthusiastic translator a generation after the frontier era needs a fact-check…
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1904: An invitation to another Uncle Joe Kuhn clambake
As much as Chinook invitations were a Pacific Northwest institution…
1926: Old boys ‘n’ Jargon doggerel/invitation in Rupert
Dusting off the Chinook to reminisce about a fundamental tragedy…
1915: “J. Sox” Brown accepts invitation w/the “sitkum dollar” joke!
Twenty-five years after the closing of the frontier era, this Chinook Jargon from Canadian-born pioneer Josiah Sawyer “J. Sox” Brown (1845-1932) had to be translated for newspaper readers…
1901: Moose Hall invitation + unique Valdez, AK Jargon
Mockery of the northwesternmost Natives to speak Chinuk Wawa is still evidence of how they spoke it!
1903: Old Settlers Send Chinook Invitations
We’ve seen this event covered before…
1909: A Jargon invitation…to Native people?
Straight out, this is some wacky (and in some ways wack) Chinuk Wawa that reader Alex Code sent my way…
1906: A Wapato invitation
An addition to the post-frontier “Chinook invitations” file:
Buckskin invitation
The Improved Order of Red Men strike again.
Potlatch Club ball invitation
The Daily Morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) Tuesday, March 27, 1888, column 3. I invite your interpretations of this text! Most of it’s quite clear. Some is new to me. — Dave Potlatch Club Ball.… Continue reading